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Headword:
*)ixqu=s
Adler number: iota,783
Translated headword: fish
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [i)xqu=s] has a circumflex accent.
Aesop, Mithridates' secretary, wrote [a work called] Concerning Helen, in which he says that there is a whale-like fish called a Pan; in this [fish] the precious stone is found, which lights up in the sun. [Helen] uses [it] for love charms.[1]
Greek Original:*)ixqu=s: perispa=tai. o(/ti *ai)/swpos, o( *miqrida/tou a)nagnw/sths, e)/graye peri\ *(ele/nhs, e)n w(=| fhsi *pa=na i)xqu=n kalei=sqai khtw/dh: e)n tou/tw| de\ to\n a)steri/thn li/qon eu(ri/skesqai, o(\s u(po\ tw=| h(li/w| a)na/ptetai. poiei= de\ pro\s fi/ltra.
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Keywords: biography; dialects, grammar, and etymology; gender and sexuality; mythology; science and technology; women; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 April 2006@04:28:07.
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